Basil

He was known in his time as Basil the Porphyrogenitus and Basil the Young to distinguish him from his supposed ancestor, Basil I the Macedonian.

There was Basil Van Rooyen creating the mad Firenza Can-Am for Chevrolet, while on the other side of the age-old rivalry, Basil Green was tasked with creating locally-brewed muscle for Ford.

In a small food processor, pulse 1 cup fresh basil leaves, 1/2 tablespoon olive oil, and a pinch a salt until blended and the basil is finely chopped.

Basil is the Brit pronunciation, Americans pronounce it Basil.

BASIL TO PESTO: A food processor makes turning basil into pesto easy.

CommonWealth Urban Farms grows and supplies armloads of basil to local restaurant chefs who create new basil-infused dishes for guests to taste.

A clip from the Fawlty Towers episode Basil The Rat was played, showing a scene in which Basil (John Cleese) offered someone a biscuit from a tin with the rat sitting in it.

Sherwood, who was relatively new to the greenhouse when Basil arrived, played a critical role in helping Basil get adjusted, but admits it’s “taken a village” to support the chief mouser.

Basil is so angry he overcomes the terrorist and when the pilot says, "We have to fly back to Heathrow", Basil says, "No, fly us to Spain or I'll shoot you".

Basil prayed to Mercurius to help him, and the saint appeared in a vision to Basil, claiming to have speared Julian to death.

Basil reached an agreement with Aaron, who asked to marry Basil's sister to seal it.

Despite Dorian being a hedonist when Basil accuses him of making a "by-word" of the name of Lord Henry's sister, Dorian curtly replies, "Take care, Basil.

Despite his good intentions, the Major can cause Basil's plans to go awry, notably in the episode " Communication Problems ", when Basil tries his best to keep the money he won in a bet a secret from Sybil.

He then asks Basil directly when he plans to leave, and Basil replies that he will leave in a few days.

In 960, Basil was associated on the throne by his father, who then died in 963, when Basil was only five years old.

Rebellions in Anatolia and alliance with Rus' Coronation of Basil as co-emperor, from the Madrid Skylitzes Basil was a brave soldier and a superb horseman, and he would prove himself as an able general and strong ruler.

Written as a sequel to his previous work Theophano (1963), focusing on Basil's mother, it examines Basil's life from childhood till his death at an advanced age, through the eyes of three fictional narrators.

Zorba declares his sadness about Basil's imminent departure to England and tells Basil that he is missing madness.

And a third friend was Basil’s brother, Gregory of Nyssa, and those great theologians were the illuminators of the dark fourth century of the Arians.

And yet, on Tuesday, it was announced that Cleese would be returning to the character of Basil Fawlty, in a new series created alongside his daughter, Camilla Cleese, who will also co-star.